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Welcome to the Share Handmade Kindness Challenge! (And Giveaway!)

Welcome. Today is the first day of my Share Handmade Kindness Challenge!

Since January, I have been brainstorming and developing this challenge and I am so glad it is finally here. I think many of you will enjoy the idea and I hope you participate! Here is a bit more about it…

ABOUT THE CHALLENGE

I think every one of us can agree that we love to create — cards, scrapbook pages, treats, and more. Making things by hand makes us happy. And when we share these creations with others, we also share that happiness. There’s nothing better! It’s a simple act of kindness that can brighten someone’s day and leave a lasting impression… and our world needs more kindness.

So, wouldn’t it be fun to encourage each other to turn the joy of creating into the kindness of giving? I hope you will join me here during the month of November for a “Share Handmade Kindness Challenge.” Each week throughout the month, we’ll challenge each other to share an act of handmade kindness with someone. Any act of kindness made with the hands from the heart counts! We’ll support each other in sharing these acts of handmade kindness with friends and family, children facing challenges, those who work in our communities (nurses, teachers, etc.), and complete strangers who may need a smile.

Oh, and by the way, throughout the month, I will be encouraging everyone to consider supporting The Kind Campaign, an awesome organization that is working to end bullying. I will be making donations, too!

To participate, stop by any time during the month of November. I will offer simple challenges and make it easy to be involved. You are welcome to spread the word with the hashtag #sharehandmadekindness. I hope you’ll join me in turning our joy of creating into the kindness of giving!

THE LOGISTICS

Each Monday of the month (starting tomorrow!), I will present you with a challenge. The challenge will involve creating and giving a handmade card (or anything handmade) to a particular person/people. By participating, you will be eligible to win some great prizes, too!

SPREAD THE WORD

It would be wonderful if you shared this challenge with any of your crafty friends. You can send folks to sharehandmadekindness.com – the “hub” of this project. However, once you’re ready to get involved, you can just head straight here to my blog all month long. This blog is where the challenge, prizes, guests and more will be presented.

Again, please use the hashtag #sharehandmadekindness on social media to spread the word!

KINDNESS STAMPS

To support the Share Handmade Kindness Challenge, Hero Arts has created two stamps with messages of kindness. They are donating 25% of the profits to the Kind Campaign to help end bullying. Isn’t that fabulous?! I helped “curate” these sets, but I was not paid to do so. Instead, Hero Arts is generously donating to the Kind Campaign per my request. What a fun way to make a difference.

THANK YOU

First, I want to thank you for all your kind words about my new blog. We put our heart and soul into it and are glad you like it! If you are having trouble registering, just email me. I can help you.

Finally I want to give a big thank you to Heather Ruwe. Heather is a dear friend of mine who started working with me this summer. Her ideas and help with this challenge have been incredible. Thank you, Heather!

GIVEAWAY

Let’s kick off this challenge with THREE giveaways! THREE lucky winners will get the two Hero Arts stamp sets above! For your chance, leave a comment below by 11:59pmEST on 11/6/15 telling me your favorite type of handmade kindness to share – cards, sweet treats, etc. (The winner’s name will be randomly selected and posted on my “Winners page” after the giveaway closes. International folks are eligible, too!)

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Missed the cut-off me thinks – downside of living in Oz. I love making cards to teach as a volunteer at my local craft group. I do all the pre-cutting, and take my ‘toys’ along to share with those who can’t afford their own.

Jennifer, I can’t say how very much I admire you and your talent in card making , organization, and the great tutorials and videos you share with us. I appreciate that you too are a Christian and that you say so. God bless you for that. Card making has been a passion of mine for some years now (actually since my grown children were little) and I consider it not only a hobby but a ministry as well. People tell me how blessed they are by my cards and I’m grateful for that. Since I’m recovering from pneumonia I’ve been doing a Jennifer McGuire marathon and loving it! Thank you so much for sharing your talent and your heart with us.

I have a very hard time picking one. I am not real good at card making to date. I am very limited on stamps inks etc. I have made several this past year tho and am really enjoying it! Paper crafting, baking, chocolate dipping etc, scrap booking and crochet are all high on my list. My girls and I are going to work together tomorrow to make cake pops as our gift. I think this is an amazing thing for them to be included in. Thank you for all you do and thank you for this awesome month of challenges. We have done a thankful chain for years all of November as a traditional thing in our home. I can honestly say this may become a “new november tradition” for us to add or at least me. They may out grow it.

My favorite type of handmade kindness is anything that I can give that is unexpected and makes someone smile. Sometimes, it is just a card telling them something nice about themselves or maybe a little tasty treat (well presented in some crafty contraption, of course).

I enjoy making cards especially but other things as well. It is very rewarding to make some tray favors and cards for the nursing home. It is very rewarding to make cards for the Military. I also like giving gifts of homemade candies & itms during the Holidays to folks. If you can make a smile come to someones face it is rewarding. Thanks for this Challenge Jennifer!

This is a great challenge! For quite some time I have been providing handmade cards for our Ladies Bible Class to sign and send to those we know that are ill, home bound, and in the service. This encourages me to look for others to send to as well!

I watched this video today and all the things you put in the box are such a thoughtful gift, not just for the lucky winners but I would use it to break it up into many gif.ts for others, this time of year is so sad for a lot of people and would make a bright day out of a cloudy one. Thank you for a chance.

I thinks this is just awesome. I love to send my handmade cards to friends and family. I also send cards to people in church to let them know they were missed. Thank you for sharing kindness in so many ways. You are a true inspiration to me to pay it forward. Thank you Jennifer

There is hope in this world when people get together and share kindness. So much bad in the world at the moment, the need for a bit of kindness is great. Thanks for this reminder that acts of kindness are needed.